Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-15
CHAMBERLAIN'S DANGER
THE BRITISH UNIONIST THREAT
ENEp WITH IRISH VENGEANCE.

Hot Speech a. Ayr, Scotland, the Cause
of the Warnings-His Denunciation Of
Nationalists and Charge Against Red
mond-The Latter's observation-disclosures
can Protest Against Coercion
EDINBURGH, April Is. Hon Joseph Cham
berlain made a speech to z, $50 persons at
Ayr Thursday which has infamed the Irish
against him, and he has already received nu-
merous letters declaring that he shall not
leave Scotland alive. In the course Of his
speech he said:
.'The opponents of the crimes bill have
made an outcry against the repression of
liberty. Liberty TO do whatl To commit
theft, to ruin Industrious men, to outrage
womena [iisses mingled with cheers. What
are you hissing-the crime or the punish
mentgn
Here a man, rising and men acing Cham
berlain, said: ut is not characteristic OF
the Irish to outrage women"
An attempt was made to turn the man
out, but Chamberlain cried out: Leave him
alone" Then he continued:
"Do you want instances of insults offered
to womena [Cheers and cries of Outrage,
you said" "You slander the Irishr'l did
| not mean the grossest outrage of all, but per-
sonal violence and insults. [Hisses and
cheers | referred to cases like that Of the
Curtin family, where the lives of the widow
| and daughters of the murdered man were
| made intolerabie; like that of the widow Of
another murdered man, Byers. who, while
accompanying the body of her dead hus-
hand, was jeered and hooted along the
street,
Here the speaker was interrupted by cries
of Watch yourself r misses, and general dis
| order.
II am relating facts to which even my op
| ponents might listen in silence Of horror and
| shame. When refer to assassnations mar
| here says Take cara of yourseifl Has the
| time come when W dara not discuss political
matters in this country without being threat
ened with assassinationi [Great cheering.
| This is the spirit of the parties in the conven.
| tioE in Chicago | am sorry to know that
| they have any representatives in Scotland
| tCries Of They are not Scotchmeu Thai
convention, besides being attended by dele
| gates honestly in sympathy with ireland
had delegates of different stamp-apostlel
of outrage and murder, who have paid tbs
outrage-mongers of Eng LAND. Mr.. Redmond
! the delegate OF the Irish parliamentary
party, explicitly declared before the conven
| ton that it was the aim of that party t(
effect the entire separation of Ireland from
| England, and that their policy was to MAKE
| the government of ireland by England i'm
possible. This they seek TO effect by tn,
most immoral conspiracy ever devised in {
civilized land-by eontenIing for liberty t,
violate every law, human and divine Dc
you think it infamous to restrain these men
| Cheers Mr.. Parnel threatened in tn
house of commons, unier tine specious guis,
of a warning, that if the coercion bill wa
passed there would be renewal Of outrages
dynamite explosions, and attempts to assas
| sinate our statesmen This grim suggestion
may prove the death-warrant of some of us
[Cries of mol Well, what haupens to in
| dividuais is not of mu h consequence. Tn
danger is to the common wealth. For tn
first time in English history our foe
have sympathzers within our an
cient fortress Their plan of attacl
finds encouragement from those who ough
| to be the strongest defenders of our citadel
This makes our task more arduous But W
will not shrink, we will not abate, We vii
not yield to threats, from whatever quartz
they come, but We will endeavor to han,
down unimpaired to our children the unity
strength, and honor of the mighty empir
our forefathsrs bequeaIhed u.s."
Chamberlains speech excites all parties
The Unionists consider it a declaration @
war to the knife with the Separatists Tn
Gladstoneans charge Chamberlain wit
slandering and vilifying his former Co
leagues by the insinuation that they sympa
thize with the perpetrators of outrages il
Ireland. 1t is asserted that during the tcu
through Scotland Chamberlain will be al
tended by private guard.